Fault - VmAlreadyExistsInDatacenter

Thrown by: MoveIntoFolder_Task
Extends: InvalidFolder
See also: HostSystem, VirtualMachine
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Fault Description

Fault thrown when moving a standalone host between datacenters, and one or more of the virtual machines registered on the host are already registered to hosts in the target datacenter.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
host	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The target host.
hostname	xsd:string	Name of the target host.
vm	ManagedObjectReference[] to a VirtualMachine[]	Virtual machines in the target datacenter which have the same registration information as those belonging to the target host.
Properties inherited from InvalidFolder
target
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
dynamicProperty, dynamicType, faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VmAlreadyExistsInDatacenter">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:InvalidFolder">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="host" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
                     <element name="hostname" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="vm" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>